Quotes by Don Mattingly

Don Mattingly

Baseball’s still a game. I don’t want it to be work. I want it to be a game.

Baseball

Games

Want

Good teams I played on… just the tone that they play with, the energy they play with, how they go about it. When you get it going the right way, you get everyone going in the same direction and it’s a powerful thing.

Play

Powerful

Team

Has he (Rickey Henderson) ever been here (Spring Training) the first day? You have to say Rickey’s consistent. That’s what you want in a ballplayer – consistency.

Consistency

Spring

Training

His reputation preceded him before he got here.

New York Yankees

Reputation

Yankees

Honestly, at one time I thought Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean, I wasn’t born until 1961, and I grew up in Indiana.

Baseball

Character

Mean

I can’t concern myself with what’s going on with the club or what the media is writing. If you pay attention to those things, that’s when you get yourself in trouble.

Attention

Media

Writing

I definitely want to manage. I just don’t think it’s the time right now.

Right Now

Thinking

Want

I don’t know what to say other than you’re really honored another team is looking at you.

Honored

Knows

Team

I have had many occasions this year where I questioned and second-guessed my decision in a game, but it comes down to learning from mistakes and being accountable for what you did right or did wrong.

Games

Mistake

Years

I like being close to the bats.

Bats

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Atmosphere

Attention

Baseball

Bats

Character

Consistency

Criticism

Decision

Deserve

Games

Get Better

Goes On

Guessing

Guy

Honored

Ifs

Knows

Long

May

Mean

Media

Mistake

Moving

New York Yankees

Night

Nobody Knows

Notes

People

Play

Player

Powerful

Reputation

Right Now

Second Guessing

Smile Because

Spring

Sticks

Team

Temptation

Thinking

Training

Trying

Want

Wanted

Work Out

Writing

Yankees

Years

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Quotes by Don Mattingly

Don Mattingly

Baseball’s still a game. I don’t want it to be work. I want it to be a game.

Good teams I played on… just the tone that they play with, the energy they play with, how they go about it. When you get it going the right way, you get everyone going in the same direction and it’s a powerful thing.

Has he (Rickey Henderson) ever been here (Spring Training) the first day? You have to say Rickey’s consistent. That’s what you want in a ballplayer – consistency.

His reputation preceded him before he got here.

Honestly, at one time I thought Babe Ruth was a cartoon character. I really did, I mean, I wasn’t born until 1961, and I grew up in Indiana.

I can’t concern myself with what’s going on with the club or what the media is writing. If you pay attention to those things, that’s when you get yourself in trouble.

I definitely want to manage. I just don’t think it’s the time right now.

I don’t know what to say other than you’re really honored another team is looking at you.

I have had many occasions this year where I questioned and second-guessed my decision in a game, but it comes down to learning from mistakes and being accountable for what you did right or did wrong.

I like being close to the bats.

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